Young pups, dog years and a pin filled map: the Men of Con Fusion...plus other treats Jazz In Halifax - Wednesday October 7 2009
01. An itch in the middle of my back quiz
02. Young pups, dog years and a pin filled map: the men of Con Fusion [World jazz]
03. Geordie Haley's endless search for new sounds [Improv jazz]
04. Jazz Around Town - NEW! Jazz during Nocturne, Upstream Music's 20th Anniversary Season and Dinuk Wijeratne's CD release concert
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Good day lovely jazz fans. Slim and keen. That is today's newsletter.
*There's an itch in the middle of my back and it will not go away until I figure out how to make this newsletter what you want. On Friday, I chatted with David of Evergreen Theatre and some other folks about newsletters. It seems the news lady is ready for something better and, my caring community folks, I need your help. Please complete this wee quiz. It uses a common method: where there are numbers, indicate how much you agree with the statement by choosing a number, 1 being low (NO) and 5 being the high (YES).
JAZZ IN HALIFAX IS TOO LONG...1...2...3...4...5
I PREFER THE PLAIN TEXT FORMAT...1...2...3...4...5
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COLOUR AND PICTURES IN THE NEWSLETTER...1...2...3...4...5
I ALWAYS OPEN THE NEWSLETTER...1...2...3...4...5
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I LIKE TO READ ABOUT...[tell me what section(s) you like most]
If more than fifty people respond, then I will make a draw for a pair of tickets to the Flamenco Con Fusion II extravaganza. The draw will take place before next week's newsletter.
*Carlos del Junco's concert on CBC Radio 2's Canada Live, this Friday October 9th - Listen again or anew to the stunning performance Carlos gave at this year's JazzFest.
*Spread the jazzeast love - If you know someone who would like to receive Jazz In Halifax, send me a note or direct them to www.jazzeast.com.
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02. Young pups, dog years and a pin filled map: the men of Con Fusion
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Alex Conde, Haggai Cohen Milo, Dinuk Wijeratne and Kinan Azmeh are all pretty young pups, yet in music years their age should be counted like dogs and cats. In terms of worldly experience, they have logged many travel hours hopping overseas and back. Their borderless careers fascinate me. Alex and Haggai just recently moved from Boston to live in San Francisco. Alex was born in Spain and Haggai in Israel. Dinuk's map has even more pins. He lives in Halifax, grew up in Dubai, studied in Manchester and was born in Sri Lanka. Kinan frequently flies along a global path too; he lives on the East Coast in New York City, was born in Syria and has performed at Tchaikovsky Grand Hall in Moscow, Bastille Opera in Paris and Carnegie hall in New York. These are worldly young men who by geography, youth and a drive to honour tradition within modern contexts are going to be on the North Street Stage adding their take on Flamenco to the undeniable force of Maria Osende. This is going to be a good night.
FLAMENCO CON FUSION II
Saturday, October 24, 2009
North Street Church (at the corner of Fuller Terrace)
8:00 PM
$25 regular ($22 seniors and students | $20 JazzEast members)
TICKETS: www.ticketpro.ca, 1-888-311-9090, or various ticketpro outlets
For JazzEast members, call 902-492-2225 or email info@jazzeast.com
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03. Geordie Haley's endless search for new sounds
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When Geordie came to town two years ago, I was amused by the reaction of the musicians in the improvisation scene. What a buzz they made. It was the first time I was present to see players in the jazz scene anticipating a new playmate. With a true curious and adventurous mind, Geordie was quickly thick with the jazz thieves. He was on stage everywhere, shucking his new CD (you have to get it); he was a popular new kid. I finally got to see him perform last Spring and discovered what was behind the buzz. Geordie is truly and endlessly looking for new sounds. His familiarity makes him the kind of digger you want on stage with you.
This week at JazzEast's Thursday Night Jazz at Stayner's, guitarist Geordie Haley is joined on stage with our city's supreme-o players, bassist Tom Easley and drummer Tom Roach.
THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S featuring
Geordie Haley Trio
October 8, 9:00 PM, $5
Stayner's Wharf Pub & Grill (1781 Upper Water St)
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04. JAZZ AROUND TOWN: Where Jazz & Family Go to Play
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(VENUE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LISTINGS)
THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S is a JazzEast-Stayner's co-production that we are proud to present, like a postal worker, come ran or come shine. The night features the new and blue blood of the local jazz scene.
SPECIAL NOTICE*: Juan Martin show has new time and location.
Thursday, October 8
9:00 PM - Geordie Haley Trio JAZZEAST'S THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S (guitarist Geordie Haley, bassist Tom Easley and drummer Tom Roach) | $5 | Stayner's
9:00 PM - Out of the Abyss: Upstream 8.2 Orch in Concert (composer/performer circle 7:30 PM) | $10/$5 | 1313 Hollis
9:00 PM – Juan Martin* (flamenco guitarist Juan Martin and a traditional Spanish singer and dancer to be announced) | $27.50 advance, $32.50 door | Sonic Temple
Sunday, October 11
8:00 PM - Avant Jazz: Upstream 6.0 (guitarist Geordie Haley, bassist Adam Fine, Linson, pianist Tim Crofts, trumpeter Rick Waychesko and saxophonist Paul Cram) | $7 | The Paragon Theatre
Thursday, October 15
9:00 PM - Solarocity JAZZEAST'S THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S (tenor saxophonist Krisanne Crowell, guitarist Russ Brannon, bassist Jamie Gatti, keyboardist Paul Harris and drummer TBA) | $5 | Stayner's
Saturday, October 17
6:00 PM to 12:00 AM - Denma Peisinger as a part of the Nocturne Art Festival | Free | 1313 Hollis
6:00 PM to 12:00 AM - John Malmstrom as a part of the Nocturne Art Festival | Free | Zwicker's Gallery
Sometime after 6:00 PM - Ana Denny as a part of the Nocturne Art Festival | Free | Northbound bus
Sometime after 6:00 PM - Mishra's Dream as a part of the Nocturne Art Festival | Free | Northbound bus
8:00 PM – Ray Bonneville, roaming blues poet and guitarist | $20 | Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville
9:00 PM – New Orleans Braille Blueman Bryan Lee and his band presented by the Tantramarsh Blues Society | $10 advance, $12 door, $6 student price | George's Roadhouse
Sunday, October 18
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM - The East Coast Blues Society Jam | Free | Michael's Bar & Grill
Thursday, October 22
8:00 PM - Secret Music Project featuring Israeli bassist and composer Haggai Cohen Milo, live recording concert | $25 ($22 senior/student, $20 member) | Sonic Temple
8:00 PM - Tim Brady's "My 29th Century" live music and video with Bradyworks ensemble | $25 | CBC Radio Room
9:00 PM - Jake Hanlon JAZZEAST'S THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S (personnel TBA) | $5 | Stayner's
Friday, October 23
8:00 PM - Secret Music Project featuring Israeli bassist and composer Haggai Cohen Milo, live recording concert | $25 ($22 senior/student, $20 member) | Sonic Temple
8:00 PM - Dinuk Wijeratne and Kinan Azmeh, CD release concert for "Complex Stories, Simple Sounds" | $20 door (call 902-444-9370 for reservations) | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Saturday, October 24
8:00 PM - Flamenco Con Fusion II: Alex Conde Flamenco Jazz featuring Haggai Cohen Milo, Dinuk Wijeratne & Kinan Azmeh and Maria Osende Flamenco Dance Company, A JAZZEAST PRODUCTION| North St. Church
Sunday, October 25
5:00 PM - Secret Music Project featuring Israeli bassist and composer Haggai Cohen Milo, live recording concert | $25 ($22 senior/student, $20 member) | Sonic Temple
Thursday, October 29
9:00 PM - Paul Tynan with Ashley Summers JAZZEAST'S THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT STAYNER'S (trumpeter Paul Tynan, Toronto bassist Ashley Summers, guitarist Kevin Brunkhorst and drummer Mark Adam) | $5 | Stayner's
Friday, November 6
8:00 PM - Mississippi Heat Chicago Blues Style featuring Inetta Visor & Pierre Lacocque | $20 adv, $25 door | Bella Rose Arts Centre
Sunday, November 8
8:00 PM - Avant Jazz 2: Upstream 6.0 (guitarist Geordie Haley, bassist Adam Fine, Linson, pianist Tim Crofts, trumpeter Rick Waychesko and saxophonist Paul Cram) | $15/$10| 1313 Hollis
Thursday, November 19
7:00 PM - Viva Flamenco! | North Branch Library, Halifax
Monday, November 30
8:00 PM - Composer/Performer Circle: Up close and Interactive w/Upstream artists | $10/$5 | 1313 Hollis
Thursday, December 3
9:00 PM - Feast of Saturnalia w/Upstream 8.2 Orch & guests | $15/$10 | 1313 Hollis
Friday-Saturday, January 8-9
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - 2010 Winter Summit: Partnering Diversities (Canadian New Music Conference #4) featuring keynote speaker George Lewis | http://www.newmusicnetwork.ca/accueil.e/ for info and sign up | Sir James Dunn Theatre
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4.1. WEEKLY JAZZplus SHOWS
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Every evening
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - For great Jazz every evening | 91.5 FM Radio Canada French Network
Mondays
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM – Dark End of the Street – Canadian and International Jazz including features, interviews, spoken word selections | Hosted by Lamont McLachlan | CKDU-FM
Tuesdays
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Blues Drive exploring the journey of the blues with your host M R Blues | CKDU-FM
Roger Howse | Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM – David Pos & Al Sutherland, Prime Jazz Night | Pictou Lodge Resort
8:00 PM – Anything Goes Tuesdays with Dave Skinner | Stayner’s
8:00 PM – Early Friday Night Blues Partywith Shirley Jackson & the Island Rhythm Section, Carter Chaplin, Morrow Scott-Brown, Mike Woodford and special guests | Rock Island Café
Wednesdays
8:00 PM - Bucky Adams | Northwood Centre, Harbourview Bar & Lounge
Thursdays
6:30 PM- 10:00 PM - Tiyaila Cain-Grant with Mike Cowie, Gerry Carruthers, and Larry Bjornson | Niche
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM - Pete Davison| Rogi Orazio
Fridays
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM - Mike Cowie & Waterbabies | Niche
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM - Pete Davison | Hamachi Steakhouse
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM - Chris Elson | Tomavino's
8:00 PM – Early Friday Night Blues | The Rock Island Café
Saturdays
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM - Pete Davison | Hamachi Steakhouse
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM - Mike Cowie & Waterbabies | Niche
Sundays
5:00 PM – Jeff Goodspeed and Friends | Stayner’s
Last Sunday of each month
5:00 - 8:00 PM - Live Jazz with band leader Paul Barrett (trombone) and guests | Roadside Willie's, Bible Hill
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4.2 VENUES
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1313 | 1313 Hollis St | 902-492-2225
Al Whittle Theatre | 450 Main St, Wolfville NS | 902-542-3344 | www.worldinwolfville.com
Argyle Fine Art Gallery | 1869 Upper Water St
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | 1723 Hollis St.
Atlantic School of Theology | St. Columba Chapel | 660 Francklyn Street | Halifax, NS
Bauer Theatre | Antigonish NS |902-867-3333 | www.stfx.ca/theatre-antigonish/
Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs, 1269 Barrington St. | 902-423-2526 | www.bearlys.ca
Bedford Public Library | 15 Dartmouth Road (Wardour Centre) | Bedford NS | 902-490-5740
Bella Rose Arts Centre | 283 Thomas Raddall Drive | Clayton Park, NS | www.bellaroseartscentre.com
Black Culture Centre | #7 Highway off Cherry Brook Road | Dartmouth, NS
Captain William Spry Public Library | 10 Kidston Road (Captain William Spry Community Centre) | 902-490-5818
Carleton, The | 1685 Argyle St | 902-422-6335 | www.thecarleton.ca
CBC Radio Room, The| 5600 Sackville St
CKDU-FM | Radio 88.1FM | Halifax NS | www.CKDU.ca
Coconut Grove | 1567 Grafton Street | Halifax NS
Cole Harbour Public Library | 51 Forest Hills Parkway (Cole Harbour Place) | 902-434-6177
The Company House | 2202 Gottingen St | Halifax, NS
Dalhousie Arts Centre | 6101 University Avenue | Halifax NS | music@dal.ca
Dartmouth Sportsplex | 10 Wyse Road | Dartmouth, NS | 902-464-2600 | www.dartmouthsportsplex.com
Economy Shoe Shop | 1666 Argyle St. | Halifax, NS | www.economyshoeshop.ca
Evergreen Theatre | 1660 Stronach Mtn. Rd., RR# 1 Margaretsville NS | www.evergreentheatre.ca
Glasgow Square Theatre | 155 Glasgow St | New Glasgow, NS | www.glasgowsquare.com
George's Roadhouse, 67 Lorne Street | Sackville, NB |
Hamachi Steakhouse | 1447 Lower Water St.| 902-422-1600 | www.myspace.com/peterdavison
Hub – Halifax, The | 1673 Barrington St. (2nd Floor)
Jamieson’s Irish House and Grill | 5 Cumberland Drive | Dartmouth NS | http://jamiesons.ca
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts | 6199 Chebucto Road | Halifax, NS
Meinertzhagen Theatre | Halifax Grammar School | 945 Tower Road | Halifax, NS | www.hgs.ns.ca
Michael's Bar & Grill | Young Street, across from Atlantic Superstore)
Music Room | 6181 Lady Hammond Rd
Niche | 1505 Barrington St. | 6:30pm-10pm | 902-423-6632
North Branch Library | 2285 Gottingen Street | Halifax NS
North Street Church | 5657 North Street (at Fuller Terrance)
Northwood Centre, Harbourview Bar & Lounge | 2615 Northwood Terrace | Halifax, NS | 902-454-3351
NSCC Waterfront Theatre | 80 Mawoimi Place – across from Dartmouth General Hospital | Dartmouth
Onyx | 5680 Spring Garden Rd | 902-428-5680 | www.onyxdining.ca
Paragon, The | 2037 Gottingen St | Halifax NS
Prince Hall | University of King’s College | kedgett@dal.ca for tickets
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium | 6101 University Ave |902-494-3820 | http://artscentre.dal.ca
Red Shoe | Mabou NS | 902-945-2626
Roadside Willies Smokehouse & Bar | 27 Jennifer Dr. | Bible Hill NS | 1-902-843-3486 | www.oasidewillies.ca
Rock Island Café, The | 6293 Quinpool Rd | Halifax NS | 902-448-8816
Rogi Orazio | 5537 Young St. | 902-454-9991
Sackville Public Library | 636 Sackville Drive | 902-865-8653
Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery | 923 Robie St | Halifax NS | 902-420-5445
Saraguay House| Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron | 360 Purcell's Cove Road | 902-477-5653 | mrobinson@rnsys.com
Savoy Theatre | 116 Commercial St | Glace Bay NS | 902-842-1577 | www.savoytheatre.com
SnauBar Lebanese Cuisine | 1535 Dresden Row, City Centre Atlantic | Halifax, NS | www.snaubar.com
Sonic Temple Studios | 1672 Hollis | Halifax NS
St. Matthew's United Church | 1749 Barrington St | Halifax NS
St. Paul’s Church | Grand Parade Square, 1749 Argyle St
Seahorse Tavern | 1665 Argyle St | Halifax NS | 902-423-7200
Stayner's Wharf Pub & Grill | 1781 Upper Water St | Halifax NS| 902-492-1800 | (no website)
Tantallon Public Library | 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd | Tantallon NS | 902-826-3330
Tomavino's (formerly Tomasino's) | 5173 South St |Halifax NS | 7 pm–10pm | 902-422-9757
Trellis Café, 22 Main Street | Hubbards, NS | www.trelliscafe.com
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